S 822

A.D. 963 x 975. King Edgar to Winchester Cathedral; confirmation of 30 hides (mansae) at Fareham, Hants. Latin

Archive:

Winchester, Old Minster

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Add. 15350, f. 12r-v (s. xii med.)

Printed:

K, 607; B, 1156; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 4, no. 40

Printed and Translated:

Rumble 2002, no. V (xi)

Comments:

B, 1156, identifies as Farnham, Surrey; Finberg, ECW, no. 116, authentic, cf. pp. 137-41, probably drafted at Winchester with Edgar's knowledge, but not formally promulgated; John 1965; Hart 1970a, p. 25 (no. 21), authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 44 n. 77, on formulation of proem; Rumble 2002, p. 17, no. V (xi), edits SS 814-19, 821-7 as a single document; suggests that a little late tenth or early eleventh-century cartulary may lie behind it, perhaps compiled under influence of Æthelwold

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    • Freols Boc to Fernhamme . Ineffabili Rerum creatore ac moderatore domino nostro Jhesu Christo . in æternum regnante . abominabilia titillantis seculi piacula diris obscenæ horrendeque mortis circumsepta latratibus . quæ in huius incolatus patria Christianæ religioni subjectos nequaquam securos degere sinunt . set quasi fetidæ corruptelæ in voraginem casuros incitando provocant libidinoso miserrimoque seculi appetitu . Piaculorum itaque auctorem cum omnibus pompis ejus toto mentis conamine non solum despiciendo . sed etiam velut fastidiosam melancoliæ nauseam abominando fugiamus . caventes mundi fragilis prosperum excursum ne nimio ejus amore irretiti apostatando a domini lugubriter recedamus clementia . illud sedulo rimantes propheticum . 'Divitiæ si affluant . nolite cor apponere' 1 . Quapropter infima quasi peripsima quisquiliarum abiciens . superna ad instar preciosorum monilium eligens . animum sempiternis in gaudiis figens . ad adipiscendam mellifluæ dulcedinis misericordiam perfruendamque infinite letitiæ jocunditatem ; ego Eadgar per omnipatrantis dexteram totius Britanniæ regni solio sublimatus . quandam ruris particulam id est . XXX . mansas loco qui celebri æt Fearnham nuncupatur onomate predictæ episcopatus cathedræ ob sanctæ trinitatis apostolorumque Petri et Pauli reverentiam æterna libertate uti priscis data fuerat temporibus renovando . humili restituo devotione . Hanc itaque libertatem prefatus pontifex A∂elwold domini cooperante gratia cum magna optinuit humilitate . Sit igitur prefata terra cum omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus omni terrenæ servitutis jugo libera tribus exceptis rata videlicet expeditione pontis arcisve restauratione . Si quis diaboli hortatu hanc nostram minuere presumpserit libertatem ; anathema sit .